About
The business in short: the Columbus roofs we work on, how a job gets scoped and priced in writing, and the kinds of work we say no to.
A Columbus roofer that puts the permit question in writing
Mill Race Roofing works Columbus, Indiana: replacement, repair, leak tracing, emergency cover, storm repair and flat roof repair, from the 1850-1930 houses of the historic district downtown to the rest of the city, all of it under one code office shared with Bartholomew County.
The site is built around the line that office draws: roofing replacement needs a permit once the cost passes $300. Every quote here says which side of that line the job is on, and every figure on this site is an estimated range until the roof has been seen.
- Roofing only: no gutters, siding or windows
- No storm paperwork of any kind
- Columbus and its historic downtown only
- No price until the roof, and the attic where there is one, is seen
Four steps, no surprises
A written quote before any work, with the $300 permit question answered on it.
Call and describe it
The address, what you are seeing, and roughly how old the roof is. That is enough for an estimated range on the call and a time to look at it.
Look, measure, and ask the permit question
Squares measured, layers counted at an edge, the deck checked from the attic wherever there is access, and the job set against the $300 line.
A written quote with the permit on it
Every line priced on its own, with the permit as a line when the job needs one and a plain sentence saying so when it does not, and anything we could not see written as a condition.
Permit, work, walkaround
Where a permit is needed it is pulled before work starts.
How to check a roofing quote in Columbus, IN
Every one of these is checkable, and every one is on ours.
It answers the permit question
Needed or not, in writing. On a replacement the answer is always yes, because every re-roof costs more than $300.
It was measured, not guessed
A quote with a square count was written by someone who measured the roof. A quote with only a total may have been written from the driveway.
It counts the layers
Stripping one roof and stripping three are different jobs. The quote should say how many were found and how.
It prices the deck per sheet
A per-sheet rate shows what soft decking will cost. A lump sum, or no line at all, leaves the real number for later.
Want a figure on it?
The estimated range before we travel, and the figure in writing before any work starts.